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Special Event - USA Dance Kent Ohio Chapter  "Sweetheart Ball"

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Ballroom Dancing Every 2nd Sunday

at

Painesville Township Park

6:00PM to 9:00PM

1025 Hardy road, Painesville Township

Dances are held on the following dates;

    Beginner’s Lesson
Feb.  10  Valentine Dance Waltz
March  9  Sham-rock-N-Roll Dance Swing
April  13 Spring Dance Tango
May  11 Mother’s Day Dance Hustle
June  8 Father’s Day Dance Samba
July  13 Stars & Stripes Dance Bolero
Aug. 10 Hawaiian Luau (costume optional)
---sandwiches and snacks included--- 		 Merengue
*Sept. 14 NORTH COAST BALL
(4-9 p.m.)  reservations required		 No Lesson
*Oct. 19
(third Sun.)		 Halloween Dance (costume optional) Cha Cha
Nov. 9 Veteran’s Dance Rumba
Dec. 14 Holiday Dance Mambo

 

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Everyone is welcome

Cost is
$5.00 for USA Dance members
$7.00 for non members
$3.00 for students

Beginner's group lesson from 6:00 to 6:30

General dancing from 6:30 to 9:00

Jessica Todero has competed professionally as well as Pro-Am events around the country for the past ten years.  Jessica has had 23 years of dance experience and has taught for over ten years around the Cleveland and Boston area, teaching all four styles of ballroom and Latin dance. 

She has won several top teacher awards around the Ohio area. As well as several competitions around the country from 1999 – 2003, she is a former Fred Astaire regional champion and National Rising Star Champion in American rhythm for 2006.

She is now co-owner of the Elegance in Ballroom and Latin Dance studio in Chagrin Falls, Ohio.

 

Minas Katsantouris is a renowned choreographer, performer and dance instructor. He is one of the choreographers for 'Latin Fever'. He has performed with Anna Vissi, Greece's biggest star, and was a featured dancer in her clip "Lambo" before moving to the United States where he lived for the past 10 years. He has performed in clips for Mado "Our Love," Michael Rakitzis "I can," has choreographed for fashion shows for the designer Tranoulis, and has appeared on numerous television shows in the United States including Live with Regis and Kathy Lee and Sabado Gigante. Minas has done modeling for Rilken and was recently featured on 10 CD covers for BMG's Latin music series. Minas was also a regular performer at the famous Copacabana in New York City. In addition, he is a United States Finalist in Professional International Latin. He has trained with top coaches such as Louis Van Amstel(featured on Dancing With the Stars), Paul Killick, Tony Meredith and Melanie LaPatin.

 

For our 2007 dinner dance, we had our highest attendance as we featured Esther Rehm, William Wimer and Jerry & Cathy McCausland for special demonstrations.

Esther Rehm-Cohen is a nationally certified judge in American Style, International Latin, International Standard and Theater Arts.  She has been a certified ballroom instructor since 1981. 
 

  • Winner of National Top Teacher Awards

  • Winner of National Top Female Competition Teacher of the year

  • Former coach of the Case Western Reserve Ballroom Team

  • Teacher/coach of many top ranked amateur competitive couples

 


William Wimer is an extensively proven professional dancer, coach and choreographer, as well as the owner and event-coordinator of All About Dancin’.  The studio has proven its credibility across three decades of service to the Cleveland area. 

William continues to make himself available to the community for private and group lessons. 

Between his country-wide trips for professional engagements he takes time to choreograph. 

He and his team of instructors can bring your dancing to the next level in a positive way, delivering the impeccable quality that is the foundation of All About Dancin’.
 


Jerry and Cathy McCausland are the winners of the Mahoning Valley Dance Competition.  Jerry and Cathy have been dancing for ten years on and off as their large family has allowed. They have thirteen children. The last seven are under the age of six and have come to them through the gift of fostering and adoption.

They placed second in the open amateur couple division of the Ohio Star Ball in 2002. They recently won a local competition, The Mahoning Valley Dance Competition, and received an all expense paid trip to see Dancing with the Stars.

They are grateful to God for the gift of being able to dance with each other and for their talented coach and friend, Esther Rehm
 
   

   

    

 

 

  
 

 

USA Dance - Kent - Ohio Chapter - Sweetheart Ball